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Almine Rech

Gregor Hildebrandt Der Tag ergänzt sich in der Nacht

Apr 13 — May 27, 2023 | Paris, Matignon

I always dreamed of entering Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” That is, entering Roger Waters’ brain, like squatting in a trashed apartment that’s too big for me. I remember when this double album came out, there was incredible excitement, which was intensified by Alan Parker’s film. This musical novel was the first time I understood what the London Blitz was like (September 1940-May 1941). I think it’s useful that a great German artist explores the madness of bombing a foreign country, at the exact time when the same thing is starting again in Ukraine. What is destroyed is never really destroyed. Bombings are transformed into memories, which themselves trace reconstruction, the hope for a new world. This absurdity (art) is our only chance to keep on living.

I’d like to thank Gregor Hildebrandt and Almine Rech for making this experience possible. They’ve made miracles happen. Pink Floyd have broken up but I suspect that Gregor wanted to add another brick in the wall: his forms produced with recordings, like a backwards archeologist. Instead of digging through the ruins, he created his own. What is art, if not a way of recycling ruins to make new ones? I myself will recycle a phrase by Françoise Sagan: “I wonder what the past has in store for me.” Meanwhile, I hope that at the opening, there will be lots of alcohol so we can feel “comfortably numb” and I’m almost positive that Gregor will show up shouting “Is there anybody out there?”

— Frédéric Beigbeder

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Selected artworks

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Ausblick zur Lagune“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Ausblick zur Lagune“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    78.4 x 78.4 cm
    31 x 31 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Einblick ins Dunkel“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Einblick ins Dunkel“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    78.4 x 78.4 cm
    31 x 31 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Misteln in den Zweigen“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Misteln in den Zweigen“, 2023

    Cassette tape and acrylic on canvas
    244 x 149 cm
    96 x 58 1/2 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Wind weht durch die Bäume“,, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Wind weht durch die Bäume“,, 2023

    Cassette tape and acrylic on canvas
    244 x 149 cm
    96 x 58 1/2 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Marquise d’Urfé“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Marquise d’Urfé“, 2023

    Ink jet print, plastic cases, inlays in wooden case
    159 x 111.5 x 9 cm
    62 1/2 x 44 x 3 1/2 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Die Tage spiegeln sich in den Nächten und umgekehrt (D.T.i.e.D (E.N.))", 2022

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Die Tage spiegeln sich in den Nächten und umgekehrt (D.T.i.e.D (E.N.))", 2022

    Audiotape, acrylic on canvas
    30 x 30 cm
    12 x 12 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Das Sketchbook", 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Das Sketchbook", 2023

    Ink jet print, plastic cases, inlays in wooden case
    49 x 33 cm
    19 1/2 x 13 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Himmel spiegelt sich im Wasser“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Himmel spiegelt sich im Wasser“, 2023

    Leader tape, acrylic on canvas
    58 x 49 cm
    23 x 19 1/2 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Baechler Blumen - Chelsea“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Baechler Blumen - Chelsea“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    79 x 92 cm
    31 x 36 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Flore“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Flore“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    129.5 x 107.5 x 4 cm
    51 x 42 1/2 x 1 1/2 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „die Geschichte geht weiter", 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „die Geschichte geht weiter", 2023

    Signed on the back side Felt pad on canvas
    57 x 55 x 5 cm
    22 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 2 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „In die Segel bläst der Wind“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „In die Segel bläst der Wind“, 2023

    Cut records, plexiglass
    208.5 x 96 cm
    82 x 38 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Hyperraum“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Hyperraum“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    121 x 92 cm
    47 1/2 x 36 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Den Himmel wie durch Wolken sehen“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Den Himmel wie durch Wolken sehen“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    149 x 112 cm
    58 1/2 x 44 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Castello Tau“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Castello Tau“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    129 x 97 cm
    51 x 38 in

  • Gregor Hildebrandt,                                      „Steine wie Städte“, 2023

    Gregor Hildebrandt „Steine wie Städte“, 2023

    Cut records, canvas, aluminium, wood
    77 x 62 cm
    30 1/2 x 24 1/2 in

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